This is just one of the "Can you believe it?" questions that are sprinkled throughout this amazing
book. Elizabeth MacLeod is an award-winning author who began writing while editor of OWL.
Her latest book is affordable and brimming with ideas for every teacher or child who wants to
learn about plants and growing a garden. As an added bonus, MacLeod has woven a theme of
environmental consciousness throughout the book.

Grow It Again opens with an introduction and a list of the materials that are required to
complete the outlined activities. This information is followed by a set of helpful tips to ensure
success. The book, itself, is divided into three sections. MacLeod begins with plants that grow
from the tops of carrots, yams, pineapples and turnips. The second section looks at all the seeds
one might find in the kitchen and how best to grow them. The final section deals with suggestions
for plants that grow below the ground. Caroline Price's very effective illustrations provide the
reader with easy to follow guidelines for each of the activities. The drawings of the plants which
grow from each activity will also inspire the young gardener.

However, this work is more than a gardening book. Throughout each of the sections, the reader
will find excellent recipes, crafts, amazing facts and even "Hoe, hoe, hoe" riddles to solve!
Students will be drawn to the seed necklaces, seed painting and the pressed flowers. The whole
class could sit down and enjoy a feast of carrot-pineapple muffins, sesame seed bars and
guacamole. Parents will be thrilled with the beautifully decorated planters created from reused
milk and juice containers.

Grow It Again contains excellent curriculum supports in the areas of science, mathematics and
language arts.

Highly Recommended.

Susan Fonseca is a teacher-librarian at Glenwood School in Winnipeg, MB.